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	<title>Working World Cafe &#187; Wellness Services</title>
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		<title>Employees Encouraged to Get Healthy &#8211; Or Else</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/09/17/employees-encouraged-to-get-healthy-or-else-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When sitting on the sidelines, it’s rather hard to earn yourself a penalty. In the corporate wellness arena on the other hand, not playing and sitting on the sidelines could actually result in penalties of a different sort—financial ones.
For the past few years we’ve seen employers take more aggressive approaches to wellness, including offering incentives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Vacation &#8220;Unplugged&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/04/13/my-vacation-unplugged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just returned from a three week vacation in which I made a concerted effort to disconnect from my office.  Amazingly, I was pretty successful at it. 
Here I am, the owner of a company that has, for the last 30 years, been in the business of providing employee assistance (EAP), worklife and wellness programs that enable employees and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Wonderful Time of The Year… Or Is It?</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/12/23/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year%e2%80%a6-or-is-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen OBrien</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colleen O'Brien]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marcus Aurelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meet the Fockers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen that 90’s movie “While You Were Sleeping” with Sandra Bullock?
One of the scenes that stands out in my mind is the Christmas dinner Sandra’s character attends when her unconscious “fiancée” is still in the hospital.
Sadly desperate and unquestionably lonely, Sandra’s character walks into a festive family dinner and is immediately enveloped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Wellness Ah-ha&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/29/corporate-wellness-ah-has/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a hectic couple of weeks for me with business travel and industry events.  But it&#8217;s also been great opportunity to evaluate how we can better serve our customers and their employees and family members. 
My first travel adventure last week was to a conference in Los Angeles called the Employer Healthcare Congress.  It&#8217;s actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Perspectives Ltd Was The Right Choice</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/07/why-perspectives-ltd-was-the-right-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/07/why-perspectives-ltd-was-the-right-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Davis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having been in the employee assistance program (EAP) and substance abuse fields for a couple decades, I’ve seen a lot of different EAPs.  But I really enjoyed my time at Creative Care Management (CCM) – first as director of service operations and then as President and CEO and owner – because we really cared about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We’ve Acquired Another High-Touch EAP Company</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/08/25/we%e2%80%99ve-acquired-another-high-touch-eap-company/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/08/25/we%e2%80%99ve-acquired-another-high-touch-eap-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I must admit that the last few months have been very exciting for me and Perspectives Ltd.  As I have mentioned on other occasions, Perspectives and I have been providing services to the workplace for almost 30 years, primarily via EAPs. And during that time, we have seen the workplace and the EAP field change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Likes to Binge Drink &amp; Smoke</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/07/12/illinois-likes-to-get-tanked-hit-tobacco/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/07/12/illinois-likes-to-get-tanked-hit-tobacco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare costs aside, Illinois businesses may be paying dearly for bad employee habits.
Illinois ranks among the worst states in the nation for binge drinking (47th) and smoking (38th), according to the July 5th issue of Crain’s Chicago Business. 
When you take a closer look at the data, which comes from the United Health Foundation’s “America’s Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking Is Ugly &#8211; For Businesses and Employees</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/05/28/smoking-is-ugly-for-businesses-and-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/05/28/smoking-is-ugly-for-businesses-and-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wellness Services]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=994</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “tobacco use could kill one billion people during this century.” 
That’s more than three times the number of people living in the U.S. today.
It’s an ugly statistic.  And a costly one for businesses.  Employees that smoke are damaging nearly every part of their bodies.
How are smokers driving up your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Years&#8217; Resolutions and Wellness-Here We Go Again!</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/12/31/new-years-resolutions-and-wellness-here-we-go-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/12/31/new-years-resolutions-and-wellness-here-we-go-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here we go again.  Isn&#8217;t it time again for us to try and tighten our belts?  No, I don&#8217;t mean financially.  I mean literally TRY AND TIGHTEN OUR BELTS.
Right about now, we are starting to become aware of just how ful-FILLING the holidays have been.  And so we begin to feel bad, take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Decade! Are Things Really Different?</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/12/30/another-decade-are-things-really-different/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2009/12/30/another-decade-are-things-really-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, its the end of another year and another decade so its this time of year when everyone waxes sentimental sharing some kind of &#8220;top 10&#8243; list or holiday list.  Well, now its my turn but with a twist.  2010 will begin my 3rd decade in the working world, most of which has been in the counseling, [...]]]></description>
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